We welcome school visitors during 2021, but as you can imagine, the experience will be a little different than in the past. Group sizes and access to the exhibition spaces will be limited to keep all our visitors and staff safe.
The following information includes risk assessment and mitigation strategies specifically for school visits from 27 January to 17 December 2021. Please read it and the Risk Assessment for groups of students.
The environment
- We have COVID-19 FAQs, which explain our conditions of entry and have been developed in line with the ACT Government’s Canberra’s Recovery Plan: Easing of Restrictions.
- Students 17 year of age and over and all accompanying adults will need to check in with the Check in CBR App.
- Student numbers are limited to 60 per session:
- Max 15 per group for year 2 or above.
- Max 10 per group for those in Preschool, Foundation or Year 1.
- Each group must have a teacher accompanying them.
- The maximum time you can spend in the Gallery is one hour.
- Groups must be booked in and be guided by our staff. At the moment we can’t host self-guiding groups.
- We have hand sanitiser available, which groups must use at the beginning and end of their tours.
- COVID-19 safe signage is prominently displayed. Keep an eye out for it.
- We have a frequent cleaning regime of surfaces and spaces, and all resources used within a program are cleaned after each group.
- Our Access & Learning educators will:
- meet school groups outside in the Gallery forecourt, where they’ll ask if any teacher, student or other visitor in the group is unwell. If anyone is, they cannot enter the building.
- maintain their distance from students and remind students to maintain the appropriate distance from them.
- guide school groups so that they’re kept separate from the general public and any other school groups as much as possible.
- If contact tracing is needed, schools will be contacted using the details from their booking.
The programs
- Engaging 60-minute, curriculum-linked programs run by our Access & Learning educators.
- We have free virtual excursions as an alternative to onsite visits.
- Self-guiding groups will not have access in 2021.
Our staff
- Our Access & Learning educators and Information Desk staff are trained in safe space management and visitor access.
